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  • Another speed game between the same
  • two class A players.
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  • The first 8 moves are exactly the
  • same as in game 7.
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  • Ah!   White plays a novel queen
  • move attacking the queenside.
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  • A reasonable defense. Threaten to
  • double White's pawns.
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  • So White captures....
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  • ... and Black screws up. He sees
  • the threat of Nc2+ which isn't much
  • of a threat because White can castle
  • out of it.  Instead of moving
  • the already developed knight, Black
  • should have recaptured with the
  • unmvoed bishop instead.
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  • Castle to safety.
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  • Interesting games are often a result
  • of both players castling on opposite
  • sides of the board. Queenside
  • castling can have the advantage of
  • putting the rook on an active square.
  • But it can also have the
  • disadvantage of leaving the king more
  • exposed as it does here. Since Black
  • is behind in developement, he really
  • doesn't have the luxury of playing it
  • risky.
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  • White missed that he can win material
  • with Ne5. Instead White attacks
  • squares around the enemy king. Black
  • had seen this coming when he castled.
  • He thought he had a good answer for
  • it .....
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  • .... which was to challenge the
  • bishop. But the position is a little
  • too open for this to be effective.
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  • White trades.
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  • Black recaptures. Now Rc1 would be
  • good for White as it would force Nc6
  • or Kb8.
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  • Now White threatens a rook and a pawn
  • and opens the c file.
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  • Black retreats. Notice that his
  • king- knight and king rook never get
  • into play.   This turns out to be
  • a poor square for the rook.
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  • Although it would be tempting to take
  • the pawn on a7, this check is
  • better.
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  • Black is safe, right?
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  • What a crusher!   The knight on
  • e5 threatens to take the rook on d7
  • and force mate. Meanwhile the bishop
  • on g4 is attacked twice is
  • unprotected. Black is going to lose
  • material here, so he resigns.
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